Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Mexico, and based on its data, the Mexico chapter of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 28 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024, including the killing of six health workers, the kidnapping of four and 18 attacks on health facilities.

– Deepening insecurity and health care challenges became increasingly evident amid rising armed group violence in Chiapas, Baja California, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Quintana Roo, and Guerrero states.

– Health facilities became battlegrounds when hospitalized patients were fatally shot or kidnapped by armed individuals.

– A climate of insecurity, burnout, and fear among health workers undermined the ability of Mexico’s health care system to provide equitable and effective care.

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Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.